Cosmetic stick container



Dec. 22, 1964 R. G. BAU

cosMETc STICK CONTAINER 3 Sheets-Sheet l Filed June 5, 1961 F I G. 5.

FIG. 2.

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.IIIIIIIA l ROBERT GORDON BAU INVENTOR.

ATTORNEY FIGS.

Dec. 22, 1964 R. G. BAU

cosMETc STICK CONTAINER 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed June 5. 1961 ROBERTGORDON BAU INVENTOR.

ATTORNEY Dec. 22, 1964 R. G. BAU

COSMETIC STICK CONTAINER 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Filed June 5, 1961 F I G. I3.

FI G. I5.

FIG. I8.

ROBERT GORDON BAU INVENTOR.

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ATTORNEY 3,162,204 Patented Dec. 22, 1964 3,162,304 COSME'IIC STICKCN'IAINER Robert Gordon Bau, 3271 Laurel Canyon, North Hollywood, Calif.Filed [fune 5, 1961, Ser. No. 114,870 12 Claims. (Cl. 20e-56) Theinvention relates to a cosmetic stick container and more particularly toimprovements in the construction disclosed and claimed in the followingpatent applicationsz. Ser. No. 741,635, iiled .lune l2, 1958, now Patent3,082,- 869, dated March 26, 1963, and Ser. No. 758,198, iiled September2, 1958, now Patent 3,009,568, November 2l, 1961.

In these applications there is provided a cosmetic stick containerwherein the cosmetic stick can be released from its storage casing intoits container for use, and coupled to its slide magnetically, under thecontrol of the operator and without the necessity of touching orhandling the cosmetic stick. An improved storage container also isprovided for this purpose. According to the present invention, theconstruction is simplified, rnade more hygienic and accidental dischargeof the stick is avoided, the objects of the invention being toaccomplish these purposes.

A further object of the invention is to provide improved constructionsfor both the storage container and the container for use, whereby thecosmetic stick can be transferred from one container to the other whilethe cosmetic stick remains within the containers and without touchingthe cosmetic stick.

According to the invention, the ferrous base or cup of the stick isreleased from the magnet on the slide by telescoping certain casingparts, the telescopic action being prevented to avoid accidentaloperation, when a cover is in place on the casing.

Further features of the invention relate to various forms of plungersupport, one of which is suitable for a casing with a ii-ared base, toimprovements in supporting the cartridge in the refill casing, to animprovement in a bleed passage therefor, to an improved means forholdingY the spring on the reiill cartridge, and to an improved doublerefill casing wherein each mem-ber serves as a handle for the othermember While also acting as a storage container.

For further details of the invention, reference may be made to thedrawings wherein:

FIG. 1 is a perspective View of a cosmetic stick container accordingtothe invention, with the cap in place.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional view on line 2-2 of FIG. l, with the capin place, land with the cap of the cosmetic stick in contact with theslide, certain casing parts being in extended telescoped position.

FIG. 3 is a view corresponding to FIG. 2 with the cap removed and withcertain casing parts telescoped to position releasing the cosmetic stickfrom the slide.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view, partly in section and broken away, showingthe plunger integral with its base.

FIG. 5 is a vertical sectional view of a modified base for the plungerwhen using a casing having a dared bottom.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the base of FIG. 5.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view with parts broken away, of a furthermodification of the plunger.

FIG. 8 is an exploded perspective view of casing parts of FIGS. 1 to 3.

FIG. 9 is a sectional view on line 9-9 of FIG. 2.

FIG. 10 i-s a further enlarged sectional view of the construction ofFIGS. 2 to 3, with the cap and cosmetic stick removed.

FIG. 11 is an enlarged sectional view of a modification, an explodedperspective view of parts of which are shown in FIG. 12, showing amodified form of stop for limiting the telescopic action.

FIG. 13 is a perspective view of the improved storage container for usewith the telescopic casing in the preceding figures.

FIG. 14 is an enlarged sectional view on line 14--14, of FIG. 13.

FIG. 15 is a view in elevation, partly in section showing thetelescoping container of FIGS. l to 10 or FIGS. 1 to 12 in position withthe storage container of FIGS. 13 and 14.

FIG. 16 is a perspective view of the spring for FIGS. 13 to 15.

FIG. 17 is a perspective View of a double storage container each unit ofwhich is similar to FIGS. 13, 14 or 18.

FIG. 18 is a sectional view of an improved storage container forincreasing the spacing between the stick and the wall of the container.

Referring in detail -to the drawings, the cosmetic stick container 1comprises a casing member 2 and a cap 3 of brass or other material. Thecontainer 1 houses a stick 4 of pomade of other cosmetic mounted in acup base 5 of magnetic or ferrous material. As shown in FIG. 8, thecasing member 6 comprises telescoping members '7 and 8, the latterhaving a straight slot 9 which cooperates with the spiral slot 10, seeFIGS. 2 and 10. The spiral or cam slot 10 is arranged in a sleeve 11retained in a casing 12. The upper end 13 of sleeve 11 is below a ring14, see also FIG. 8. The purpose of this is to prevent slide 1S fromextending beyond the outer end of casing 12 when slide 15 is at theupper end of its throw. Slide 15 has a cam follower or lug 16 whichco-acts with Athe slots 9 and 10 to reciprocate the slide 15 when thereis relative rotation between the members having these slots. Thedistance from the outer end of the casing 8 to the ring 14 for examplemay be a, the same as the depth of slide 15.

As shown in FIGURES 2 and 10, the base 18 of the shell 8 has a centralhole 19, to admit the plunger or rod 20, When the parts are telescopedto push the cup 5 away from the magnet 21 which forms a part of theslide, being held in a brass cap 22, magnet 21 and cap 22 having alignedapertures indicated at 23 to admit the plunger 20.

As shown Iin FIG. 8, the base of casing member 8 has press-fittedthereon the cup 3l) which carries a flattened tubular extension 31 ofmetal which is non-circular in cross section, having a slidingnon-rotary fit in an aperture 32 of corresponding shape in the base 33of the casing member 7. As shown in FIG. 2, extension 31 houses theouter end of spring 54 which urges casing 12 and associated partsoutwardly from casing member 2.

To permit the extension 31 to be assembled in and extend through theaperture 32, with limited sliding movement, extension 31 on its oppositeflat sides 35 and 36 has struck therefrom fingers 37 and 38 which areilexible and permit assembly of these parts, while acting as stopfingers to prevent pulling the tube 31 out Ifrom the aper-` ture 32. Analternative construction is shown in FIG.. l2 wherein the cup 40 isiixed to the base of the shell 41, cap 40 having three radial lugsindicated at 42 for sliding movement in corresponding slots indicated at43. Movement of shell 41 outwardly is limited by the ends 44 of theslots, a movement in the other direction being limited by the spring 45,see FIG. 1l. Spring 45 .is mounted around the plunger 46 and urges theshell 41 outwardly as shown in FIG. 11.

The casing member 2, see FIGS. l and 2, at its upper end fits over andis press-fitted to the neck 50, see FIG. 8, of the casing member 7, thelatter having an annular shoulder 51 which serves as an abutment for thetop of casing member 2 and also for the removable cap 3. The casingmember 2 is outermost and when the cap 3 is in place on it, it 'is notpossible to telescope the casing parts lscoping the outer end of casingand eject the cosmetic stickn4 as shown in FIG. 3,y and A laterdescribed. As shown in FIG. 2, the casing member 2 inside thereof has acoaxial rod or plunger 20 around which is a spring 54, similarto ythespring 45'referred to in the description of `thernodiiication shown inFIG. 1l. v

In FIG. 2, the plunger at its -base is mounted in a circular pedestal55, plunger-.20 extending through the tubular extension 31, see FIG.v 8and through the hole 19 as well as the aligned apertures 23, see FIG.10, in position for its upper end 56 4to contactfthe'bottom of thearmature cup baseS and remove the latter from the influence of magnet21, whenthe casing parts 2 and 12 are'telescoped, so that the pomadestick 4 will drop by gravity out of its container 12 when ther containeris inverted.

Spring 54 in FIGS. 2 and 3, urges casmg member 8 and casing 12 with itscam sleeve 11 outwardly with re- I spect to the casing member 2,'theextent of this move-V ment being limitedV by the stop fingers 37 and 38referred to above. When pressure is applied to the outer end ofl casing12 with respect to casing 2 these membersare telef scoped against theaction of spring 54. This telescopic action maybe produced by tting ortelescoping `the outer end of container 1 into the open end of a storageor refill cosmetic container 74, as shown in FIG. 15.

The container 74 comprises a hollow, cylindrical casing 75 having aclosed end 76 andan open end 77.V The casing 75 is preferably of rigid,transparent, plastic material. Inwardly of its open end casing 75 hascylindrical socket 778 in which slidingly' fits the side wall of cupbase 5 of the cosmetic stick 4. Theouter end of casing 75 has a are, asshown at 79, toguide thestick into the container and the base'62 isprovided, being: in the form of a straight piecehaving a diametersubstantially the sameas the dia. meter at the bottom 63 of the casing,and being provided with a recess 64 to center it on a lugf65. 'The base62 can be kdropped into the casing in tilted position as shown at y156,to pass the casing portion of small diameter. Base 62 has a central hole67 ink which the plunger 68 is tted. v Casing members 2 and. 7 are fixedtogether and nonrotabaly Vcoupled by the sliding coupling provided byextension 31 and hole 32, tomember 8 which has the straight slot 9,while the casing 12 and cam slot sleeve 11 are rotatable relativelytomembers 2 and 7 to propel the cosmetic stick 4, in the usual manner.

In FIG. 4'plunger 20 is integral with its base 73.

In Vthe'for'rn shown in FIG. 7, the plunger 70 may be soldered, spotwelded or otherwise xed directly tothe "base 71 of the container asshown at 72.'

' In theform shown in FIG. 18, the clearance between also a flare 80 toguide basefS to its socket '78. To relieve suction due to the fact thatthe the stick from container 98 to container 1 or from conend 76 isclosed, and due Yto a close, sliding fit between base 5 and its socket78, VVone or more bleed grooves 81 are provided between the outerA andinner portions of socket 78. The stick 4 is removably held in container75 by means of a spring 82whichhas an axiallyv extending port-ion 83mounted in a `groove 84 in thecutside ofy the wall of the container 75,having an inner end portion 85 which ts in a hole 86 in the container75, being retained in position by a ring 87 whichtits on the reducedouter end 88 of the container. The open end of container the bottom ofcup 5, beingrmly held in thisV positionV by the capV 89 when it is inplace. Whencap is removed,

the stick4 will drop by'gravity from its container 75 when inverted andon moving the spring portion 91 outwardly, which is vaccomplishedautomatically by fitting or te-le- 12 Vinto the .outer end `ofcontainerV 75, as shown in FIG. 15. Inthis case, the

outer Vendof casing 1 2 -fits ag'ainstjtheV rim V92 of the flare 80whichV acts as an abutment against which the container isV urged in,orderf to effect the 'telescopic actionabove desribed, and release the4stick 4,-as shown lin FIG. 3, so that it can -be transferredlfrom oneto the otherof thefcontainersV '.1' and L74, `depending upon'which oneis uppermost. f

Y'75 with 'itsv base vfor comparison through the by magnetic attraction,-throughy which said plunger extends to separate said slide v from saidbase when said slide V,and when said .casing lmembers 'are' telescopedItowards.

creased by mounting in the container 93'which is of rigid plastic, asleeve insert 94 of polyethylene or semirigid plastic. Insert 94 hasfat.its inner end an inwardly extendingvrim 95`whichacts as a shoulder tosupport the y base 5.

In the form shown in FIG.'17, an elongated, transparent container 98 isprovided, having a length at least double that of lthe container inFIGS. 13,/14-,and18, each end thereof acting as a storage container like74 to support the stick with its baseV voutermost and each end .ha'vinga cap 96, 97 like cap 89.V The advantage of this is that leach half ofcontainer'93, whether it contains a cosmetic stickV or not, acts as ahandle while manipulating the container portion at its other end, tofacilitate transferring tainer 1 into containerV 98. yTheftwo containerportions areindicated at 99 and 100 in FIG. 17. A further ad` vantage isthat the casing supports th-e two cosmetic stick devices with their twosticks 4 in proximity to each other casingV to'faeilitate choice andremoval of thedesired stick. f Y l I claim: I

1. A cosmetic container comprising telescoping casing members, one ofsaid members having inside thereof a plunger, said other casing memberhaving relatively rotatable parts having a drive for-a magnetic slide,said slide lforrningone coupling member forl an elongate cosmetic havinga ferrous base, said base'b'eing freely slidable into vsaid othercasingVmember forconnection with said slide said lslide having an aperture isin. a lowermost position,

Y eachother, spring means Vf o'rtelescoping Vsaid casing membersawayfrom eachother, and'stop meanslimitingtelescoping movement ofsaid 1 2.Acosrneticcontainer-accordingto claim.V 1,'said one member Ybeingoutermost and'v saidv .other member tele- Scopingftherein. f Y Y 3.Aeosmetic'container according to claim 1 said onev'rnernberfbeing1outerrnostand` said other member. slidably Spring 82,las describedrand claimed inthe p'ate'n'tap-V Y plications above noted,hasY an inclined cam portionu24V which' extends through a slot 25 inthe'outer end of the.` V'casing 7,5, being acted 'njgby ,the end of :casing.712, as@V shown inFIG. 1S by being pushed ,out through'slot l25V toremove theY shelf portion 91 of spring 82. and permit J vthe baseY 5'with its stick 4 tofdropfgby gravity,- either into v'or out ofcasing75, as the'case may be'.4V u A. v

6, if the cars-ingfmember, 60,

As shown in FIGS;V v5 and whichcorresponds tov casing member 2in' VV1Qhas arf'v flared base as shownuat 61, 'a,cireularpedestalflike55,.` Ycannot be dropped into it to .,fiit therein.` For thsqreasem,`

ttingtherein, andgafremovablecap fitting on lsaid one member-oversaidother member, whereby said casing members lcannot betelescopedwhenl said capis in. place.

.4. 4r'cosrnetic.;stick 'container comprising-an inner hol- Ylowcylindrical casing member` having a walhhaving a longitudinal' slot,and V'a ring 'spaced` from ,itsj outer end, andV ani end f Awall'atgitsinner end (a coupling rnember fixed to'E said finner.end,a casing re-'Ytaininga sleeveghaving a spirallcam Icasing member-rotatably'withthe-outergend of said sleeve v hau/ingratA central hole,

v' eaiiea byfsaidu. ring; la magnetic slideihavingv a central hole andacamfollower fittingY said s1ots,an outerk casing member havingA anon-rotary sliding coupling vwith said transparent window of the membersawayfroml eachA slot-.fitting over said Y' first mentioned casingmember, stop means limiting longitudinal separation of said coupling, anoutermost casing press tted to said outer casing and having a central vplunger slidable through said holes and a spring around said plungerurging said coupling to extended position as limited by said stop means.

5. A cosmetic stick container according to claim 4, said outer casinghaving an annular shoulder, said outermost casing having an outer endabutting one side of said shoulder and a removable cap fitting the outerend of said outer casing against the outer side of said shoulder.

6. A cosmetic stick container according to claim 4, the outer end ofsaid cam slot terminating at said ring, said ring being spaced from theouter end of said casing member by an amount at least as great as thedepth of said slide.

7. A storage container comprising a hollow cylindrical wall having anopen end and a closed end, a spring having cam and shelf portionsmovable through a slot in the outer end of said Wall, said spring havinga shank having an inner end having an oiset, said wall having a recessfor said offset, and a ring fitting on said wall over said shank andaround said olset.

8. A cosmetic stick device comprising a cylindrical casing closed at oneend and open at the other end, said open end having a socket with aclose sliding tit for the cup base of a cosmetic stick device, saidsocket having a shoulder supporting the cup base outermost, said casinghaving a catch which overlies the bottom of the cup base at the outerend of said socket, said socket having a bleed passage extendinglengthwise of said socket and connecting the inner and outer ends ofsaid socket.

9. A cosmetic device comprising a container having an open end andtelescoping casing members, holding means for a cosmetic stick devicehaving a base, means operated by telescopic action of said casingmembers for releasing said holding means, and a casing of a rell actingas a receiver for the stick device released from said container, saidrefill casing having an open end itting the open end of said containerand acting as an abutment for said telescopic action of said casingmembers, a catch on said refill casing, movement of the open end of saidrefill casing into tting relation with said open end of said containerserving to actuate said catch to release the cosmetic stick device fordropping by gravity into said container.

l0. A cosmetic device according to claim 9, said holding meanscomprising a slide having a cam follower operated by relativelyrotatable slot means for one of said casing members, said slide having amagnet and said base being a cooperating armature, said other casingmember having means for releasing said base from said magnet ontelescopic movement of said casing members.

l1. A cosmetic stick device comprising a cylindrical container having alength to house, stick-to-stick, two cosmetic stick devices each havinga cup base, each end portion of said container serving as a handle forthe other end, and each end of said container having a socket coaxialwith the axis of said container for removably housing the cosmetic stickdevice with its base outermost, and its cosmetic stick innermost, eachend of said container having a catch which in one position overlies thebottom of the cup base and holds the base in its said socket, and saidcatch having another position for releasing the cup base for movement ofthe cosmetic stick device in a direction base foremost out of thesocket, said container being in the form of a transparent windowopposite the sticks of said two cosmetic stick devices.

l2. A cosmetic stick device comprising a cylindrical casing closed atone end and open at the other end, said open end having a socket for thecup base of a cosmetic stick device, said socket having a shouldersupporting the cup base outermost, said casing having a catch at theouter end of said socket, said socket having a bleed passage connectingthe inner and outer ends of said socket, said socket being in the formof a separate sleeve insert fixed in said open end.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,497,950 2/50Lohr 206-5 6 2,629,489 2/ 5 3 De Shelly 206--5 6 2,710,614 6/ 55 Dulberg206-56 2,753,991 7/ 5 6 Sherman 206-5 6 2,921,675 1/ 60 Clark 206-5 6FOREIGN PATENTS 655,718 8/51 Great Britain.

THERON E. CONDON, Primary Examiner. FRANKLIN T. GARRETT, Examiner.

1. A COSMETIC CONTAINER COMPRISING TELESCOPING CASING MEMBERS, ONE OFSAID MEMBERS HAVING INSIDE THEREOF A PLUNGER, SAID OTHER CASING MEMBERHAVING RELATIVELY ROTATABLE PARTS HAVING A DRIVE FOR A MAGNETIC SLIDE,SAID SLIDE FORMING ONE COUPLING MEMBER FOR AN ELONGATE COSMETIC HAVING AFERROUS BASE, SAID BASE BEING FREELY SLIDABLE INTO SAID OTHER CASINGMEMBER FOR CONNECTION WITH SAID SLIDE BY MAGNETIC ATTRACTION, SAID SLIDEHAVING AN APERTURE THROUGH WHICH SAID PLUNGER EXTENDS TO SEPARATE SAIDSLIDE FROM SAID BASE WHEN SAID SLIDE IS IN A LOWERMOST POSITION, ANDWHEN SAID CASING MEMBERS ARE TELESCOPED TOWARDS EACH OTHER, SPRING MEANSFOR TELESCOPING SAID CASING MEMBERS AWAY FROM EACH OTHER, AND STOP MEANSLIMITING TELESCOPING MOVEMENT OF SAID MEMBERS AWAY FROM EACH OTHER.